Title: Managing firm's logistics and knowledge: the value concept

Authors: Olav Solem; Shantha Liyanage

Addresses: Deceased; formerly of: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway ' NSW Department of Education, University of Technology Sydney Business School, I Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2001, Australia

Abstract: With growing pressures to modernise the value chain, rationalise operations and minimise costs, a firm's logistics and knowledge management systems require continuous renewal. This paper examines inter relationships between logistic and firm's knowledge management from a value concept. A value concept is a useful construct to ascertain the contingent factors of logistics and firm's knowledge and how they are interrelated. We asked the question: what happens to a firm's logistic operations and knowledge resources when it decides to outsource business functions? This paper draws on logistics, supply chain and knowledge theories to introduce a conceptual framework of firm's logistic and knowledge value. Using this value concept, our analysis offers insights into managerial practices and an agenda for future research for a deeper understanding of the connection between logistic and knowledge management functions. We postulate that firm's logistics and knowledge are intrinsically connected and the outsourcing of logistics invariably alter a firm's value.

Keywords: knowledge management; logistics value; value construct; logistics management; value chain; contingent characteristics; knowledge-based theory; dynamic capability; outsourcing; supply chain management; resource-based view.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2019.103342

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2019 Vol.11 No.3, pp.268 - 288

Received: 24 Oct 2018
Accepted: 21 Dec 2018
Published online: 04 Nov 2019 *

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